Bhubanedswar: Jajpur Congress leader and All India Congress Committee (AICC) member Babita Mallik and many party workers on Friday joined the BJP in the presence of Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan here.

Pradhan welcoming them said that by getting inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pro-people schemes and his leadership and having faith on the BJP’s ideology many leaders are joining the party en masse each day.

BJP workers are hell-bent to strengthen the party in every region, and many leaders and workers of other parties are joining the BJP and making it strong at the grassroots, Pradhan said.